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Tips About Feeding Koi Fish

The best part about raising koi fish is feeding them! Seeing them come to the surface and even eating from the palm of your hand is the best bonding experience between growing koi fish and their owners.

It’s said that koi have a memory of around three minutes, yet they can learn to recognize their feeders. We’ve assembled some great tips to help you become a become your koi’s favorite feeder.

KOI FISH FEEDING TIPS:

Feed your fish up to four times per day. Only feed them as much as they can eat in about a five minute period and do not overfeed. try to net it out if there are any leftovers in the pond.

Koi are cold-blooded animals that should not be fed when the temperature falls below 13° C. Their need for food is greatly reduced and correspondingly, so is the rate of digestion. At the ideal temperature of 21-23°C, Koi can consume approximately 2-3% of their body weight in food/day;

Koi fish eat just about anything, from small bugs and insects, to plants and algae at the bottom of the fish pond, to store-bought koi fish food.